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Huixian Li; Yongyan Zheng – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) has significantly reshaped our understanding of second language learning and teaching across the micro, meso, and macro levels for several decades since its systematic introduction by Larsen-Freeman and Cameron (2008). This study conducts a comprehensive review of empirical research on second language learning…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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La-o-vorakiat, Aimon; Singhasiri, Wareesiri – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
Writing research articles is an important and demanding task for members of academia, and the introduction is generally considered the most difficult portion to write (Swales, 1990). Move analysis has proven useful in studying the communicative functions of introductions and other sections of research articles, and is thus beneficial in training…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Research Reports, Writing (Composition), Faculty Publishing
Moncada Linares, Sthephanny; Xin, Zhi-Ying – Online Submission, 2020
The purpose of the present paper is to offer a state-of-the-art review on the topic of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and its theoretical and practical implications on the field of language education. SFL has been widely recognized due to its potentiality to encourage both reflection and action for the participants involved, becoming over…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Classroom Communication, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
Chang, Carrie – 2002
This paper first gives a brief chronological overview of reading theory development and a short introduction to schema theory, and then comprehensively reviews, comments, and synthesizes research-based studies, published between 1980 and 2002, that examined the effect of text structure (reader effect and text effect) on L1 and L2 reading…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
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Barnitz, John G. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1986
Reviews multidisciplinary research on second culture and second language reading comprehension to support the claim that second language reading is an interactive process, involving the interrelationship of cultural schemata and discourse structure. Argues for the roles of cultural schemata and discourse structure in an interactive model of first…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature Reviews
Meltzer, Julie; Hamann, Edmund T. – Education Alliance at Brown University, 2005
Today, English language learners (ELLs) represent an increasing proportion of U.S. middle and high school enrollment. As a result, mainstream content-area teachers are more likely than ever to have ELLs in their classrooms. At the same time, education policymakers and researchers are increasingly calling for improved academic literacy development…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Adolescents, Literacy